lovely, love those textures in the grass and the mountain in the background and the well exposed sky.
A superb shot but just one critisism, the fence posts look a bit distracting to me is it possible to clone them out.
Just my personal opinion for what it's worth, other than that this really caught my eye from seeing the thumb nail view.

Ian

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Ian, thanks for your views.... i'm afraid i'm a it of a purist and am very sparing with the clone tool in my pics. I did take a few further along where the fence didn't show, but I chose the one with the posts because it sort of broke up the background from the foreground, if you see what I mean. But still, its all in the eye of the beholder and i'm very grateful for your comments

Mari

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